Over the past 13 years, intensive care has transformed from a variably-practiced specialty with abysmal mortality rates to a highly-protocolized system of care “bundles” to ensure standardized treatment delivery and improved outcomes. Effectively-conducted ICU care can truly save lives but requires training to understand the principles and practices of ICU medicine. Subspecialty expertise is not mandatory, and in fact, many ICU practitioners are broadly-trained primary care physicians. Each of you will obtain personalized one-on-one lectures on the most important ICU topics during your rotation. What follows is a list of essential readings compiled to include the most resident-friendly or particularly foundational articles (some of these have been printed for you). If you devote 3-4 hours to read the articles and check out the websites/videos, you will gain an excellent foundation prior to the start of your rotations.
Introduction/Overview to Rotation (dropbox links must be accessed at home):
On CCHS computers, you can find an ethics folder. The following link will work from any hospital computer with wonderful reports that can be helpful: \\Rmcserver\MedSrv\Ethics\2.0 - Guidelines for Common Issues in Clinical Ethics
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Over the past 13 years, intensive care has transformed from a variably-practiced specialty with abysmal mortality rates to a highly-protocolized system of care “bundles” to ensure standardized treatment delivery and improved outcomes. Effectively-conducted ICU care can truly save lives but requires training to understand the principles and practices of ICU medicine. Subspecialty expertise is not mandatory, and in fact, many ICU practitioners are broadly-trained primary care physicians. Each of you will obtain personalized one-on-one lectures on the most important ICU topics during your rotation. What follows is a list of essential readings compiled to include the most resident-friendly or particularly foundational articles (some of these have been printed for you). If you devote 3-4 hours to read the articles and check out the websites/videos, you will gain an excellent foundation prior to the start of your rotations.- Septic Shock and Steroids:
- 2000: Original EGDT Article (fyi: intensive insulin/xigris now irrelevant): http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa010307
- 2012: Update from Surviving Sepsis Campaign: http://www.survivingsepsis.org/GUIDELINES/Pages/default.aspx
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